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AnalystInParadise

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54. Just to be clear

Reply to marym625 (Original post)

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 07:22 PM

Dec 2014

Are all cops in your worldview racist? Dubya and Cheney can burn in hell for all I care, but are you really going to sit there and broad brush and tar and feather all cops as racist? Seems a very non-progressive thing to do.

I see it this way with the three most high profile recent shootings (Yes I know there have been others, but this is the three highest profile:

Cop in Missouri did not commit a single crime
Cop in New York is probably guilty of manslaughter at the least, perhaps more
Cop in Cleveland is (I am unsure, need more info first)

So with those measurements and my steadfast refusal to label all cops as racist, does that make me a racist?

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